At my parish, I have been trying to organize a group of people who would be interested in attending Eucharistic Adoration. Yet many people are unfamiliar with the practice of Eucharistic Adoration and I am looking for a free short readable explanation of Eucharistic Adoration. (what it is, why we do it, is it boring, etc…).
Does anyone have any links to such a document?
Thanks!
The Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament, P.O. Box 1701, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, are the ones to contact.
Right now, I am having trouble with their website
www.ACFP2000.com
You can e-mail them at
ACFP2000@aol.com or call them at 518-561-8193 .
Ask them for a packet of information regarding starting Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. Also ask for samples of their material.
From experience. We started with a group of people who met regularly in prayer for months even though we had no real idea of how to start and where Adoration would be. There are three parishes in our city and we had representatives from each. However, none of the Churches were in the position to have Eucharistic Adoration.
We continued to meet in faith that a place would be found. It turned out, that we could use a chapel which was part of a nursing home complex. Next we spent months informing parishioners about Adoration via small blurbs in the Sunday Bulletin.
During this time, we adapted the material from the Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament to our circumstances. We worked out all the details and responsibilities which the lay people would handle. Finally, we had a sign-up Sunday. The three Pastors gave excellent homilies and people did sign up for an hour. Coordinating people and hours plus getting volunteers to take responsibility as an Hour Coordinator was a major task. This had to be sent to our Bishop before he would give the o.k. for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. There were six of us from the original prayer group who took over the administrative responsibility of Adoration.
When everything was in place, we had an open house at the Chapel for the scheduled adorers and visitors so that they would become familiar with the facility. We also handed out packets of information including guidelines and responsibilities of Adorers, rosters of adorers, and general information about the benefits of Adoration.
One other thing we did was to organize a list of substitutes. We also reach out to people who cannot be a scheduled adorer or substitute but who would like to come as a visitor. Children are always welcomed.
Pardon me for such a long post. When people are not familiar with the practice of Eucharistic Adoration, one has to be prepared to answer nitty-gritty questions about how it is operated. Don’t worry. The Holy Spirit will guide you as He did us.
Blessings,
granny
O Sacrament Most Holy,
O Sacrament Divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving,
be every moment Thine.
